November 2013 – April 2015

Workshop Leader:John CollinsAlloya Corporate FCU

Taking risk, and balancing it with returns, is one of the most fundamental things
all financial institutions – including credit unions – do. While all organizations understand that balancing risk versus return is vitally important, few evaluate risk as a whole across their organization. Understanding systemic risk and how it can be mitigated allows organizations to better manage this critical process.

The program will explore Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) through an interactive presentation and dialog. The morning session will cover the basics of what ERM is and why it is important to credit unions, the regulatory requirements surrounding ERM, and how some have implemented ERM in their organization. It will also cover policy, procedure and governance.

The afternoon session will review a model program and provide a template for attendees to develop ERM programs that can be tailored to their individual credit unions. Attendees will leave the session with the necessary tools to develop and implement an ERM program at their shop.

The program presented will address the following questions:
• What is ERM?
• Why is ERM important?
• Are there any regulatory requirements for ERM?
• What are people in the credit union industry doing for ERM?
• What would model ERM program look like?
• What would an ERM policy look like?

One hundred million credit union memberships is a significant milestone. It’s proof that Americans value the credit union difference. It reinforces that Americans want financial service alternatives that offer real choices and put them first. It’s time to celebrate—and time to leverage the opportunity.

Let’s do both at this year’s CUNA Governmental Affairs Conference.

CUNA GAC is the biggest week of the year for credit unions. More than 4,000 credit union people come together to:

Hear from influential legislators, policymakers and credit union experts on the political landscape and its effect on credit unions

Identify new strategies for building and maintaining America’s awareness and trust

Network with credit union leaders

Attend breakout sessions on the hottest issues in the movement

Tour the largest vendor showcase in the financial services industry

Tell Congress our story at Hike the Hill visits

Room Reservation Instructions

The following is the CUNA GAC Housing Website link and instructions on how to make your reservation in order to be included in the CT Room Block.

Enter your arrival and departure dates, and then enter your League Access Code: Yellow2015 in the space provided prior to clicking “Search.” (The password is specific to CT and is case sensitive. It is very important that you enter the access code Yellow2015 when making your hotel reservation(s). If you miss this field, you will get the complete list of hotels CUNA uses for the GAC and not the Connecticut block of rooms.)

Your league hotel should be the only option available

Continue with adding in the reservation

A password needs to be created by the individual for each reservation. This process is in place to secure the credit card information being entered into the housing system.

Continue to enter in the payment information and finish up the reservation

Due Date for League Reservations

All league housing needs to be entered into the housing system by February 11, 2015.

Assistance

If you need to call in for assistance, please call the general housing number (800.974.3084). You must indicate to the agent you are trying to book a reservation into a league sub block.

Payments

Credit unions entering their own reservation into the housing system will be prompted to put in their credit card information into the system to secure their reservation. A $275 deposit is required for each reservation. Cancellations can be made through January 12, 2015 for a full refund. Starting on January 13th, the deposit is non-refundable for cancellations. The system will only allow a reservation to be booked with a credit card.

If you have any questions regarding this process, please feel free to contact Kelly.

Mail–in ballots have been sent to affiliated credit unions to vote for Chapter Directors and At-Large Director. Ballots must be returned by March 24, 2015 to the Credit Union League of Connecticut in the postage-paid envelope that accompanied the ballot.

Special CULAC Capitol Club Lunch Speaker:
Political Expert and Analyst, Ken Dautrich

Professor Ken Dautrich is in the Department of Public Policy at the University of Connecticut. He is author of American Government: Historical, Popular and Global Perspectives (Wadsworth, 2008), The Future of the First Amendment (Roman and Littlefield, 2008), The First Amendment and the Media in the Court of Public Opinion (Cambridge University Press, 2002), and How the News Media Fail the American Voter (Columbia University Press, 1999), as well as many other books, articles, and book chapters on elections, public opinion and voting. He is founder and former director of the Center for Survey Research and Analysis at the University of Connecticut, and has been a senior research fellow at the Heldrich Center for Workforce Development (Rutgers University) and a research fellow at the Media Studies Center (Columbia University and the Freedom Forum) He established the Masters in Survey Research (MSR) degree program at the University of Connecticut, and teaches courses in survey research and polling. He has directed a number of national polls on voting in presidential elections, including a series of polls for TIME Magazine on the 2004 and 2008 presidential elections. He has been an election night exit poll analyst at NBC News, and provides commentary on the presidential election process for WNPR. He has conducted an annual survey on the State of the First Amendment for the First Amendment Center since 1997. From a grant from the Knight Foundation, Ken is currently doing research and writing a manuscript assessing young people orientations toward the First Amendment. Ken was also a policy advisor to Connecticut Governor M. Jodi Rell. His Ph.D. is from Rutgers University.